Researcher Kwabena Boahen is looking for ways to mimic the brain's supercomputing powers in silicon -- because the messy, redundant processes inside our heads actually make for a small, light, superfast computer. ... continue reading
posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 decade 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,577 viewsArtificial Intelligence
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"To date, there hasn't been an overarching theory of how the human brain really works, Jeff Hawkins argues in this compelling talk. That's because we still haven't defined intelligence accurately. But... continue reading
posted by jonny 1 decade 6 years 3 months 1 week ago • 2,811 viewsby Steve Omohundro, Ph.D., president of Self-Aware Systems (http://selfawaresystems.com) a Silicon Valley think tank aimed at bringing human values to emerging technologies.
posted by mkknyr 1 decade 4 years 11 months ago • 1,309 views • 1:27:26Just give it some skin and call it Arnold to complete the experience.
posted by demon_ix 1 decade 4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,550 views"Two of the sharpest minds in the computing arena spar gamely, but neither scores a knockdown in one of the oldest debates around: whether machines may someday achieve consciousness. (NB: Viewers may wish... continue reading
posted by Nicki Hansen (gwiz665) 1 decade 4 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,873 viewsDouglas Hofstadter and Dan Dennett in a dutch production. The acting is hammy, and it is pretty aged, but it inspired me as a kid to study AI in later life. Read their book 'The Mind's I', for a more in... continue reading
posted by cheshirepuss 1 decade 6 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 1,596 viewsThe OmniTread robot was built by engineering students at the University of Michigan. Its body consists of seven segments connected by pneumatic bellows. Treads on all four sides of the segments give it... continue reading
posted by Paul Richey (Fusionaut) 1 decade 4 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 955 viewsYT: Futurist Ray Kurzweil details the technology timeline leading up to 2029 including the downsides to Singularity.
posted by griefer_queafer 1 decade 4 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,960 viewsSounds like we're getting close.
posted by Crake 1 decade 3 years 11 months ago • 3,653 viewsAbstract for this talk: Can machines think about themselves? One of the most unique and fascinating aspects of intelligent living systems is their ability to self-reflect: To reconstruct models of their... continue reading
posted by bleedmegood 1 decade 3 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 1,312 viewsA talk on computational neuroscience, specifically about how a model of the neocortex could be used in machine learning.
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